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Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 13 Sep 2009 | 8:40 am Bollywood masala creates history in TorontoHindi film 'Dil Bole Hadippa' has created history at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) by becoming the first-ever full-on Bollywood masala film to have its world premiere in North America's top cinema event.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 13 Sep 2009 | 7:16 am Amitabh Bachchan is the most stylish man: SophieMTV VJ and singer Sophie Chowdhury feels Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is the most stylish man.Source: Entertainment News | 13 Sep 2009 | 6:50 am 'Pirates 4' title revealed
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Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 13 Sep 2009 | 4:20 am Barrymore kisses Ellen Page, raves about her bodyHollywood beauty Drew Barrymore had created a stir when she confessed to being a bisexual and she has again grabbed headlines by kissing Juno actress Ellen Page for a photoshoot.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 13 Sep 2009 | 4:12 am Too many fashion weeks confuse buyers: SabyasachiWell-known fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee feels India should have only one Fashion Week as too many such events dilute the concept and confuse buyers.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 13 Sep 2009 | 4:02 am 'Eeram'- a slick supernatural thrillerFilm: 'Eeram'; Director: Arivazagan; Cast: Aadhi, Sindhu Menon, Nandha and Saranya Mohan; Music: Thaman; Rating: ***Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 13 Sep 2009 | 4:00 am 'Bhagyadha Balegaara' full of regressive ideasFilm: 'Bhagyadha Balegaara'; Director: Sai Prakash; Cast: Shivaraj Kumar, Navya Nair and Shobha Raghavendra; Music: Ilayaraja; Rating: **Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 13 Sep 2009 | 3:00 am I'll go back to making Hindi films: Buddhadeb DasguptaHe made a Hindi film in 1989 called "Bagh Bahadur" that won critical acclaim and then switched to his mother tongue Bengali in pursuing his filmmaking.Source: Entertainment News | 13 Sep 2009 | 2:48 am If a man can afford me, I will marry him: SushmitaShe's been linked to a string of men in the past including Randeep Hooda and Mudassar Aziz, but 33-year-old actress Sushmita Sen says she has no plans to settle down until a man can "afford" her.Source: Entertainment News | 13 Sep 2009 | 2:10 am 'Baabarr' is too violent to be entertainingFilm: 'Baabarr'; Cast: Om Puri, Mithun Chakbraborty, Sushant Singh, Sohum Shah; Director: Ashu Trikha; Rating: **Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 13 Sep 2009 | 2:01 am Amitabh Bachchan is the most stylish man: SophieMTV VJ and singer Sophie Chowdhury feels Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is the most stylish man.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 13 Sep 2009 | 1:31 am If a man can afford me, I will marry him: Sushmita SenShe's been linked to a string of men in the past including Randeep Hooda and Mudassar Aziz, but 33-year-old actress Sushmita Sen says she has no plans to settle down until a man can "afford" her.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 13 Sep 2009 | 1:12 am Will Bollywood accept unconventional me, asks Miss IndiaAn unconventional Miss India with short hair and six tattoos, Ekta Chaudhary wonders if Bollywood is ready to accept her atypical looks and personality in case she decides to follow in the footsteps of many of her famous predecessors. She also sees an element of 'racism' in no Asian girl making it to the final 15 of the Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas last month.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 12 Sep 2009 | 10:30 pm Judges, gangsters, cops- a thriller of reality showPicture this: judges, murder convicts, notorious politicians, policemen, criminal lawyers and actors living under the same roof, breathing the same air for days on end. It's about to happen - not in a court room - but on a TV reality show.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 12 Sep 2009 | 9:30 pm If a man can afford me, I will marry him: SushmitaShe's been linked to a string of men in the past including Randeep Hooda and Mudassar Aziz, but 33-year-old actress Sushmita Sen says she has no plans to settle down until a man can 'afford' her.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 12 Sep 2009 | 8:30 pm I'll go back to making Hindi films: Buddhadeb DasguptaHe made a Hindi film in 1989 called 'Bagh Bahadur' that won critical acclaim and then switched to his mother tongue Bengali in pursuing his filmmaking. Award-winning filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta, whose latest work 'Janala' premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), now says he would like to revisit Hindi cinema.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 12 Sep 2009 | 8:30 pm I would love to dress David Beckham and Julia Roberts: Rocky S!Speaking to of , Rocky S revealed about his views on men`s fashion, his muse and love for Bollywood.Source: Zee News : Entertainment | 12 Sep 2009 | 6:26 pm Designs on men - Hindu
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Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 12 Sep 2009 | 11:37 am Mandira Bedi rocks Kolkata in Satya Paul collectionPopular TV personality and cricket commentator Mandira Bedi kept the Kolkata Fashion Week-II audience spellbound as she sashayed down the ramp for the Satya Paul collection that was showcased Saturday.Source: IndiaeNews.com: Bollywood News | 12 Sep 2009 | 11:30 am Neetu Chandra doesn't believe in size-zero
Source: NDTV Entertainment News | 12 Sep 2009 | 11:16 am Simply Vidya!In front of the camera Vidya is a pro… Nothing fazes her or gets her fidgety. But off it, she’s a bore if you’re looking for chatpata quotes on sex and the single girl, says Roshmila Bhattacharya.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 12 Sep 2009 | 10:21 am ‘We weren’t informed’Families of Dev Anand’s brothers didn’t even know about Navketan being honoured. Ritu Pandey tells more.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 12 Sep 2009 | 10:16 am Look who's copying Aishwarya!Tamil superstar Vikram has fans lauding his Ash-like moves in Kanthaswamy, reports Neha Sharma.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 12 Sep 2009 | 9:36 am Why Ajay whipped himself black and blue!When Ajay Devgan first heard he had to whip himself in London Dreams, he wasn't comfortable with the idea. But after director Vipul Shah convinced him to do so, the actor went all out and flogged himself black and blue for hours to get a 25-second clip right.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 12 Sep 2009 | 8:47 am The cure is Lisa's birthright: Dilip MehtaLisa Ray has spirit and will combat the rare multiple myeloma cancer she has been diagnosed with, says her director Dilip Mehta who cast the actress as a diplomat's wife in his debut Cooking With Stella.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 12 Sep 2009 | 8:42 am Uma Shri, Girish Kasaravalli team up againKannada actress Uma Shri, who has just won the best actress National Award for her performance in Gulabi Talkies, teams up again with director Girish Kasaravalli for Kanasemba Kudureya Benneri.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 12 Sep 2009 | 8:40 am Review: Grief EncounterEvidently designed to activate the viewer’s tear-ducts, the adaptation of the 2004 bestseller by Jodi Picoult is more treacly than emotionally wrenching, writes Rashid Irani.Source: Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Cinema' | 12 Sep 2009 | 8:33 am "I am very much in for a live-in relationship" - Amrita Rao
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Between the stress of meeting deadlines, traffic jams, financial obligations etc. it's easy to forget the importance of taking some time out to enjoy a few chuckles with your special someone every now and then. You meet, you know, you get engaged and then you get married. Then the dialogues start - 'Marriages are Made in Heaven, Love Is Blind, Marriage is an Institution, Behind Every Successful Man There is a Woman' and all. The couple look like 'made for each other' after they tie the knot and 'made by each other' in the subsequent years that follow. Welcome to the 'Perfect Match', where the pitch is unpredictable and the bowlers are seasoned. Bollywood Hungama's London correspondent and UK's Harrow Observer columnist brings you a special interview with Amrita Rao, the confidant and one among the three relationship experts, who will be helping all wannabe brides find their perfect groom in a reality TV show called 'Perfect Bride' which premieres tonight on Star Plus. Meanwhile, Rao gets busy talking about the show, her ideas on marriage, her ideal man and much more in this 'Knotty Affair' special.
How real is this reality show going to be?
I think the best part about the show on an initial achievement note is the fact that Star Plus managed to find candidates that are genuine and have come here with the soul intention of getting married. None of them have come here to become a hero or an aspiring model. That was one of the highlights that attracted me towards the show, it being a genuine one.
How did the contestants come across? I mean, the boys side and their mothers.
I met the guys and they were all genuine. I think the boys are fabulous. Each one of them is doing really well for themselves. They are very well educated too. They are very good looking also. None of the girls will have any reason to say 'No' to them unless their mindsets do not match.
What about their mothers?
I met the extremely broad minded saas who doesn't mind her daughter-in-law waking up late and doesn't mind if she cannot cook. She is chilled out. But I also met those who want their daughter-in-laws to cook food. They came across as a bit conservative. But all in all, it's going to be a very interesting battle on the sets.
Marriage is going to be one of my life's biggest decisions
And the girls?
The ten girls are very beautiful. They come from Jaipur, Allahabad, etc. They are sweet and innocent. I like one contestant by the name Neha. I saw her portfolio and she was riding a bike in one of her pictures. She came across as quite outgoing.
So what's you're role going to be Rao?
I'm going to be like a friend to these girls. I'm going to be somebody who will be asking certain questions to the boys and their mothers. Questions, which the girls might not be able to ask or are shy too, as the girls don't know the boys yet. Also, some Questions which will bring out their personality, their bent of mind, etc. If these girls want, they can confide in me.
Have you got friends who confide in you?
Yes. I have. I had some friends in school. I wasn't their agony aunt but their agony friend.
What sort of questions or queries did your friends come up with?
Their major problems happened because of miscommunication.
What would you want to know from the guy you were to marry tomorrow?
Firstly, I'd want to know if he is ready for marriage because most guys are not.
Which means that you will only date a guy who'd want to marry you?
Not necessarily. I don't think there is any compulsion as such.
How important is marriage for you?
It is going to be one of my life's biggest decisions. It is something that can change your career, future, your place of residence, etc. It can even change your personality.
Do you think the time gap between ones engagement and marriage can make or break a relationship?
Yes. It's a good reality check. I've got some of my friends who got married when they were really young and at that time they got into it just because they'd given their word. Later on, they not only found themselves in distress but got divorced. I think a proper time gap is essential. I don't think there is any difference between love and arrange marriage today. I am very much in for a live-in relationship.
What characteristics would you look for in your ideal husband?
I'd look for someone who is extremely comfortable with his personality and his achievements. I don't want anyone who compares himself and his achievements with me. A man with a good sense of humour too is important. He should be taller than me (laughs).
What about a good rich guy?
I don't mind. But I'm rich too. I am just kidding (laughs).
I am very much in for a live-in relationship.
Aren't you rich?
Sort of! But not much.
Do you believe in the saying that one should get married at the right time and at the right age?
I have seen this with some family friends of mine. When you either pass that eligible age to get married or you can't find anybody or you are not ready for it, a girl will then have to be happy with somebody who is possibly divorced.
Would you get married to a man who is divorced?
Yeah. If I like him and I can relate to him, it does not matter. I'm sure my family will also have their share of question and answers on it.
Would you follow the age old tradition of cooking for a man who has come to see you?
Yes I would. If I'm really excited about the whole idea, I would. But after that it depends if they still want to accept me or not. I think it's a risky proposition (laughs).Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 12 Sep 2009 | 7:16 am Madhur Bhandarkar covers-up Neil to satisfy Censors - IndiaGlitz
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 12 Sep 2009 | 4:26 am Katrina aghast at 'controversial' TV images of Ranbir & her hugging on street
There are many reasons why Katrina ko bahut gussa aata hai. Earlier this week a television channel went ballistic with an image showing her reaching out and hugging Ranbir Kapoor on the road. The suggestive clipping had the channel wondering aloud what Salman Khan would have to say about Katrina's public display of intimacy.
Katrina is defiant and cheesed off. ''Nothing .Why should he have anything to say about a scene from a film? It's a scene we shot for Rajneeti on a street of Bhopal. Obviously some camera outside our unit shot and decided to up the channel's TRPs with one more scandal story. But it's disgusting.''
Katrina sees this as a clear case of 'match'-mixing. ''First of all it's illegal to shoot people without their knowledge. And then how can they pass off a shot from a film as a paparazzi scoop?''
Getting indignant Katrina says, ''People can easily see I'm dressed for the character in Rajneeti. And am I so dumb as to indulge in a public display of affection with my co-star? Grant me more common sense.''
The lady who's in Bhopal shooting non-stop with Ranbir for Rajneeti took off for Delhi on Tuesday to shoot for Vogue. She had to skip the music release of Salman Khan's Main Aurr Mrs Khanna in Mumbai. ''Another controversy?'' she sighs. ''Weâre all busy with our commitments. And Iâm also busy fighting off strange allegations.''
Strangest of them all is the one that Ayesha Shroff shot off alleging that the surname given on Katrinaâs passport was 'Turquotte.' ''That's my mother surname,'' is all Katrina will say before clamming up on the subject.Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 12 Sep 2009 | 4:12 am Subhash K. Jha speaks about I Can't Think Straight
It's a pity that films about alternate sexuality have to come wrapped in diverting and/or glamorized packaging. Hence, Deepa Mehta's much-applauded Fire was not so much about lesbianism as about two neglected daughters-in-law in a crowded Delhi home finding comfort in each other's arms. Even Ang Lee's overrated Brokeback Mountain was set in the 'Wild' West where apparently rodeos and ranchers have their own moral codes.
Where is that one modern film on alternate sexuality set in a normal humdrum place we all can recognize and be comfortable in?
Shamim Sarif's I Can't Think Straight is set in the urban jungle. And the most amusing aspect of the rather-flimsy plot is that the characters' genteel gestures of classiness are often shown to secrete desires and cravings that don't tally with conventional definitions of decorum.
So what do we have here? An upperclass Muslim girl Leyla (Sheetal Seth, soft vulnerable and surprisingly in-sync with the character's sketchily-written inner world) whose snobbish parents (Dalip Tahil, Antonia Frering) are preparing for her lavish wedding when Madam Meets Eve.
The bond that grows between Leyla and the mysterious enigmatic enchantress Tala (Lisa Ray) could have done with serious fleshing out...and we don't mean only the external positioning of the cosmetic material.
The narration done in that breathy husky tone that women often adopt when trying to show they're in control, leaves out room for any deeper development beyond the surface gloss.
The film looks fetching, thanks to Aseem Bajaj's camerawork. The stately interiors of the homes and the jetsetters trying to look as if their suits are ironed while they are wearing them, give out the feeling of a film rich in texture. But alas, the content remains de-vitaminized, sapped of any life-giving energy.
Leyla's progression from self-denial to self-realization is surprisingly devoid of pronounced punctuation marks. She lives in a world of SMS abbreviations rather than poetry. It's all done in one breathless take, in a manner of speaking.
Disappointing beyond the surface and empty at the core I Can't Think Straight makes you wonder what the director was thinking. Straight or otherwise.
The film's release-timing is rather unfortunate. People would want to see Lisa Ray for all the wrong reasons.
But we can't feel kindly towards such an anaemic because Lisa is ill.Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 12 Sep 2009 | 4:11 am Shahid Kapoor: HADIPPA is a complete contrast to KAMINEY - GlamSham
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 12 Sep 2009 | 3:51 am Subhash K. Jha speaks about Aamras
A coming- of - age- Dil Chahta Hai - changes- gender-comedy, about four 18-going-on-adulthood girls. Pari (Natasha) is the upper-class snob who often funds fun fundas for her middleclass best-friend Jiya (Vega). Their equation is a very distant descendent of Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna in Namak Haraam. Add to the twosomeâs on-and-off bonding a couple of more inseparable friends Rakhi (Maanvi) and Sanya(Annchal) and you have a bubbly bouncy brew of backslapping and bonhomie during times of picnics, parties, growing up and realizing life is not a fun zone.
Aamras is high on content. Debutant director Rupali Guha who is veteran Basu Chatterjee's daughter pays a winking homages to her dad and his colleague Hrishikesh Mukherjee. At the girls' picnic the man-in-charge is named Parimal Tripathi (Ashish Roy), a la Dharmendra in Chupke Chupke.
Guha gives a sweet and sometimes slyly amusing spin to the high-school hijinks of a foursome that just wants to have fun, but soon gets to know that life has other plans. However, the director fails to carry off the emotional high-points (like the rich Pari's anger and jealousy when Jiya gets a boyfriend or the death of Jiya's mother). Happily Guha has cast a quartet of newcomers in the lead who make the energized trivia of teen life seem believable and warm. The film has that quaint cosy feeling that the director's father specialized in. The script moves forward at a measured and even pace, even when it's let down by uneven technical details.
Of late there have been some frank and forthright exposes on school-going mores and values. Director Robby Grewal's Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar and Satish Kaushik's recent Teree Sang showed the compulsive fixation on dating and match-making among post-adolescent teenagers. In Aamras the foursome's friendship is done with sincerity. However the cosy intimacy wears thin when the principal characters begin to behave like one-dimensional stereotypes rather than the real people you tend to believe them to be initially.
The script crams too much into the narrative's fragile frame. Loud malfunctional families, the laughable arrogance of the rich, friendship and jealousy over parties and friendships, stealthily-shot kisses on the phone, a stabbed and dead beloved mother-figure and a painting competition where the middleclass girl sacrifices her chance to go to Paris for the rich insufferable snoot of a friend. All this, and more! It's like placing heavy baggage on a tender shoulder.
Finally the film's narrative seems to have bitten more than it can chew. You like the film for its sweet and honest intention rather than execution. The performances by the four girls range from the warmly credible to the passable. The girls make a convincing quartet. The supporting cast of veterans is surprisingly lackluster. What's that hideous hammy avatar that Reema Lagoo assumes to play the flirty teacher? Basuda would cringe at that one.Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 12 Sep 2009 | 3:23 am Subhash K. Jha speaks about Vaada Raha
This one springs a pleasant surprise. Warm gentle, moving and utterly devoid of artifice, Vaada Raha is the kind of old-fashioned emotional drama that can never go out of fashion.
Samir Karnik's cinema never tries to be fashionable. Last year he gave us the outstanding Heroes, a segmented drama on the joys and sorrows of being part of contemporary India.
Like Karnik's little-seen Nanhe Jaisalmer, Vaada Raha focuses on the unique and emotional bonding between Bobby Deol and that wonder-kid Dwij Yadav.
Before we go any further, this would be the right time to say little Dwij is an outstanding talent, bringing to his tender persona the experienced wisdom and maturity of a life lived well and long.
As a boy who spreads sunshine in a hospital (Karnik could have made the hospital a little less precise and prop-motivated), Dwij is to Vaada Raha what Darsheel Safari was to Taare Zameen Par. The relationship that grows between the paralyzed doctor Bobby Deol and the bright boy conveys the warm vibrations of a pair that really cares for one another.
The inspirational plot about how the doctor heals himself through the subtle and insistent urging of the boy from the next ward, is not quite that suspenseful drama where we bite our nails about the next sharp turn in the narration.
Karnik's narration is free of curves and dips. Except for that sharp and painful twist at the end (Karnik had shocked us at the end of Nanhe Jaisalmer as well) the director keeps the fable-like ambience free of overt cinematic devices.
Most of the film's dramatic energy emanates from the interaction between Bobby and the boy in a hospital room where the childâs imagination illuminates the proceedings without cluttering the emotional graph.
At times, Karnik's storytelling lapses into naivete. The hospital looks like a meeting point for angels rather than sick people. The fringe characters are caricatural but minimized in their utility.
The film's goodness of heart and nobility of purpose are incontestable.
Whatever the loopholes and however deep the plot sags in parts, Bobby , in what is unarguably the best performance of his career, and little Dwij, a true synthesis sparkle spunk spirit and innocence, carry the film to a point where it merits a viewing.
One question: what is Kangna Ranaut doing here? She sings a duet, smiles vacantly and dumps the well-to-do hero after he suffers from spinal shock. Her logic being, she wants him to be self-sufficient.
Spinal shock? Kangna's character suffers from worse.Source: BollywoodHungama.com Features | 12 Sep 2009 | 3:10 am Priyanka Chopra may enter Guinness Book with 12 rolesEighty years ago legendary British actor Lupino Lane created a (yet unbroken) record for a male actor playing 24 roles in "Only Me" (1929).Source: Entertainment News | 12 Sep 2009 | 3:04 am Aishwarya to debut in Kannada through Uppi's nextThe latest buzz about in the Gandhinagar rumour mills is that Bollywood actress Aishwarya Bachchan (Rai) is going to debut in Kannada through superstar Upendra's forthcoming movie. However, Uppi, who is busy preparing script and it will be ready by thisSource: Oneindia.in - Entertainment | 12 Sep 2009 | 2:49 am
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